Polarization Hole Burning in EDFA

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxim Bolshtyansky ◽  
Gregory Cowle
Keyword(s):  
Hole Burning ◽  
Polarization Hole Burning

A Simple Mechanism to Suppress the Mode Competition for Stable and Tunable Dual-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Lasers

2012 ◽  
Vol 571 ◽  
pp. 496-499
Author(s):  
Chen Fang Zhang ◽  
Jiang Sun ◽  
Si Wen Zheng ◽  
Shui Sheng Jian
Keyword(s):  
Polarization Controller ◽  
Dual Wavelength ◽  
Comb Filter ◽  
Mode Competition ◽  
Hole Burning ◽  
Wavelength Shift ◽  
Power Fluctuation ◽  
Lasing Wavelength ◽  
Erbium Doped ◽  
Polarization Hole Burning

A suppressant effect for mode competition of dual-wavelength lasing oscillations induced by polarization hole burning effect in an ordinary erbium-doped fiber is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The polarization hole burning effect is introduced by an all fiber polarization controller directly fused with a segment of erbium-doped fiber. The mechanism of the all fiber polarization controller to suppress the wavelength competition is described in detail. Results show that the mechanism is helpful to obtain stable dual-wavelength lasing oscillations at room temperature in the erbium-doped fiber laser. By adjusting the comb filter, the wavelength tuning between different dual-wavelength oscillations is realized. The side mode suppression ratio of each lasing wavelength is measured to be more than 55dB. The 3dB bandwidth of each lasing oscillation is 0.01nm and the 30dB bandwidth is 0.10nm. The power fluctuation and wavelength shift are measured to be less than 0.8dB and 0.05nm over 32 minutes for all the dual-wavelength lasing oscillations obtained in the experiment.

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